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Meloni calls for revision of Trump’s Board of Peace so Italy can join
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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni speaks during a press conference at the end of an intergovernmental summit at Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, on January 23, 2026. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has asked US President Donald Trump to amend the terms of his Board of Peace in order to resolve constitutional issues that have prevented Italy from joining it.
The Board of Peace is a new US-led international body created to oversee post-war governance in Gaza and potentially broader conflict-resolution efforts.
Under Italy’s constitution, the country can only join international organisations on equal terms with other states — a condition that Meloni says is not met by the board’s current statute, which gives Trump extensive executive powers.
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